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75 CENTS | VOL. 85 | NO. 38 | 2 SECTIONS YOUR WEEKLY COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1927

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 | WEDNESDAY

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LINCOLN CITY, OREGON

VRD maps head to Council ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ zones part of consensus plan

Music of the world

PATRICK ALEXANDER The News Guard

On Saturday, Sept. 22, the Lincoln City Cultural Center will welcome two performers who stand tall apart, but make beautiful music together. Guitarist/composer Antonio Calogero and woodwind whiz Paul McCandless will play a concert in the LCCC auditorium. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door, available at the box office or by calling 541-9949994.

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A proposal to divide Lincoln City into “Yes” and “No” zones for the placement of vacation rental dwellings (VRDs) has won broad agreement from a citizen advisory group charged with reaching consensus on the issue. But questions about where the lines were drawn look set to land on city council’s desk later this year, with some people complaining about a loss of

To view the proposed maps, go to the online version of this article at thenewsguard.com.

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property rights and an advisory group member accusing her “Pro-VRD” colleagues of reneging on an agreement to compromise. Carol Rush, a member of the VRD working group that crafted the Yes/No map said that while she

and fellow neighborhood representatives relaxed their opposition to VRDs in certain areas, they were not met halfway by the group’s rental supporters. “The Pro-VRD people reneged and threw us under the bus,” she wrote in a comment on The News Guard’s website. Prof. Richard Birke, the conflict resolution expert charged with helping the group find common ground on how to regulate VRDs said the fact that members all agreed to support a

zoning-based solution is “huge.” “To me, the grand scheme of how we are going about this is really the big thing,’ he said. “And where the individual lines and lots are is much less significant.” Speaking at the group’s final meeting on Sept. 12 at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, Birke said the aim of dividing the city into Yes and No zones is to cluster like activities together to avoid conflicts between residential uses and visitor

uses. “I think this is much better off than where everything is mixed and everyone was arguing,” he said. With the vast majority of the more-than-300 existing VRDs located in the proposed Yes zones, the group turned its attention to how the City should deal with the 20 vacation rentals that would find themselves in a No zone if the plan is implemented. See VRD, Page A8

Lapping it up

Portraits honor 9/11 victims, rescuers JIM FOSSUM The News Guard

WEATHER GUIDE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS High Low Prec.

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Last week, a flag whipped in the wind at the Dolphin Motel in Lincoln City as a tribute to those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Red, white and blue with 50 white stars on a blue backdrop and seven Devon red stripes Crutcher and six white ones, it closely resembled “Old Glory,” but wasn’t the American flag. The stripes are comprised of names of the nearly 3,000 people who died in the attacks, stitched in tiny letters. The flag is a thank-you card of sorts to new Lincoln City resident Devon Crutcher, an artist whose work will forever remind visitors to Ground Zero of the tragic events of 9/11. The patriotic portrait Crutcher painted is of a proud, grieving New York firefighter with his hand on his heart and an angel holding a halo over his head.

Clockwise from top: Ken and Mary Birdsong’s 5-year-old yellow lab, Kobe; Brynna Lowring and 5-year-old Skiggles; Laura Gerkan and 6-year-old Tucker.

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WEEKLY OUTLOOK

Every dog has its day — in the pool

There should be clouds, fog and dry conditions during the week. The autumnal equinox, commonly known Dogs of all sizes swam and as fall, will arrive Saturday. splashed their way after balls and toys The weekend should be at the annual Dog Swim at the Lincoln dry, partly sunny and a City Community Center on Sunday, little nippy at night. Weather data provided by Roads End Weather Watcher Sheridan Jones

Sept. 16. Many pet owners joined the canine critters in the community center pool at 2150 N.E .Oar Place for the annual event, which happens the day before workers drain the pool for maintenance work. The pool is scheduled to be closed from Monday, Sept. 17 through Friday,

See for yourself Go online to thenewsguard.com for video of the event. Sept. 28, though Community Center Director Gail Kimberling said there is a chance it might be reopened early depending on the progress of the cleaning.

Among the improvements being made is safety groove etching on the concrete floor on the pool’s deck, which should improve traction and footing, Kimberling said. Prep work will also take place for installation of an accessible lift for the spa, she said. Admission to the dog swim was free with a donation of canned or dry pet food for the Lincoln County Animal Shelter.

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Coast stars in The Flyboys network pitch PATRICK ALEXANDER The News Guard

DeVilliers filmed portions of the promo in Lincoln County, including a sequence shot in Depoe Bay Harbor where lead actors Jesse James and Reiley McClendon get themselves into quite a pickle on the back of a fishing boat. The promo shows that life has not gotten any quieter for Jason and Kyle, who were introduced to viewers in 2008 as a pair of 12 year olds who stow away in a plane owned by the mob. In addition to their struggles in Depoe Bay, the pair are seen creeping PHOTO COURTESY DARK COAST PICTURES up on armed guards in a The Flyboys promo reel sees Jesse James and Reiley McClendon display their acting chops

A director hoping to make Lincoln County one of the stars in an actionpacked TV series has completed the promo reel that he hopes will get the show picked up by network executives. Lincoln City-raised director Rocco DeVilliers hopes The Flyboys series will take up where the 2008 film of the same name left off, picking up the story of juvenile trouble-magnets Jason and Kyle as they try to get through high school in one piece. L10490 Power Ford 6x2 091912:Layout 1 original 9/17/12 2:25 PM While the movie was filmed in Utah,

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